Vocabulary
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| 感染 感染 | to infect; infection; (fig.) to influence | |
| 需 需 | to require; to need; to want; necessity; need | |
| 所谓 所謂 | so-called; what is called | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 及 及 | and; to reach; up to; in time for | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 甘之如饴 甘之如飴 | lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly; a glutton for punishment | Idiom |
| 手无缚鸡之力 手無縛雞之力 | lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (saying); fig. weak; unaccustomed to physical work | Idiom |
| 坐以待毙 坐以待斃 | to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate | Idiom |
| 尽心尽力 盡心盡力 | making an all-out effort (idiom); to try one's heart out; to do one's utmost | Idiom |
| 文房四宝 文房四寶 | Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bi3], 墨[mo4], 紙|纸[zhi3] and 硯|砚[yan4]; the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom) | Idiom |
| 如出一辙 如出一轍 | to be precisely the same; to be no different | Idiom |
| 毕恭毕敬 畢恭畢敬 | reverent and respectful; extremely deferential | Idiom |
| 居功自傲 居功自傲 | satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others | Idiom |
| 不知好歹 不知好歹 | unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom); not to know what's good for one; unable to recognize others' good intentions | Idiom |
| 郁郁寡欢 鬱鬱寡歡 | (idiom) depressed; cheerless | Idiom |
| 尽心竭力 盡心竭力 | to spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost | Idiom |
| 妙手回春 妙手回春 | (idiom) (of a doctor) to effect a miracle cure | Idiom |
| 蓬头垢面 蓬頭垢面 | messy hair and dirty face; bad appearance | Idiom |
| 欺软怕硬 欺軟怕硬 | to bully the weak and fear the strong (idiom) | Xiehouyu |
| 不通 不通 | to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical | Xiehouyu |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 臣妾 臣妾 | (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler) | |
| 娘娘 娘娘 | queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt | |
| 六宫 六宮 | empress and imperial concubines or their residence | |
| 微臣 微臣 | this small official; humble servant | |
| 旨意 旨意 | decree | |
| 协理 協理 | assistant manager; to assist in managing | |
| 恕罪 恕罪 | please forgive me | |
| 御膳房 御膳房 | imperial kitchen | |
| 告退 告退 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | |
| 宠信 寵信 | to dote on and trust | |
| 奴婢 奴婢 | slave servant | |
| 大功 大功 | great merit; great service | |
| 传旨 傳旨 | convey an edict | |
| 不舒服 不舒服 | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy | |
| 服侍 服侍 | to attend to; to care for (patients etc); to look after; to wait upon; to serve; also written 伏侍, see also 服事[fu2 shi4] | |
| 恩宠 恩寵 | special favor from a ruler; Emperor's generosity towards a favorite | |
| 嫔妃 嬪妃 | imperial concubine | |
| 胸闷 胸悶 | chest pain; chest distress | |
| 不负 不負 | to live up to | |
| 有劳 有勞 | thank you for the trouble | |
| 不敬 不敬 | disrespect; irreverent; rude; insufficiently respectful (to a superior) | |
| 贬官 貶官 | to demote an official; a demoted official | |
| 功不可没 功不可沒 | one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom) | |
| 分忧 分憂 | to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties |